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Lot 142

Sale 4605 - Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Jun 20, 2019 6:00AM ET
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[Children's & Illustrated] Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (2 vols.)

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. "Forty-Ninth Thousand." Small 8vo. Armorial bookplate of the Reverend James C. Ross on the front paste-down. Frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel. 19th century Oxford booksellers ticket of Slatter and Rose on front paste-down. With Carroll's printed pamphlet of 1876, Easter Greetings to Every Child Who Loves "Alice," mounted on front free endpaper. Advertisement leaf at rear. Original gilt-pictorial and gilt-paneled red cloth, spines gilt, all edges gilt. Moderately worn, boards slightly cocked, corners and spine ends slightly frayed; front and rear hinge starting to crack, moderate foxing at front, other light foxing to text. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There London: Macmillan & Co., 1873. " Thirty-Eighth Thousand." Armorial bookplate of the Reverend James C. Ross on the front paste-down. Frontispiece and illustrations by John Tenniel. 19th century Oxford booksellers ticket of Slatter and Rose on the front paste-down. Advtertisement leaf at rear. Burns' binding ticket on rear paste-down. Small 8vo. Original gilt-pictorial and gilt-paneled red cloth, spines gilt, all edges gilt. Moderately worn, corners and spine ends frayed, ink staining on covers, heaviest on rear cover; hinges cracked; light to moderate foxing at front and rear, text lightly toned. .

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